Politics

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Venezuela reacts furiously at US decision to put a prize reward for Chief Justice accused of corruption

  

  Venezuela's government blasted a US$5 million US reward offer for information leading to the arrest of the country's Supreme Court president, likening it to something out of the Wild West.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands: 80 days with no coronavirus positive tested cases; 14 days quarantine for all arriving passengers

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, reported on Wednesday that 1816 coronavirus tests have been processed, with no positive results received for over eighty days. FIG also announced new quarantine guidance issued to arriving passengers. In effect following the introductn of Quarantine Regulations a new document is being issued to provide simple guidance on how to meet the requirements of quarantine.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Chilean private pensions' funds divestment anticipates major political challenge for the Piñera administration

  

  Chilean senators on Wednesday voted to approve a controversial bill that allows citizens to withdraw 10% of their pension savings to help ease the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Pompeo confided to UK lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of WHO post

  

  US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told a group of British lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to reports in the British media and news agencies.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  Covid-19 deaths and infections in Texas force the contracting of refrigerated trucks to store bodies

  

  Texas on Wednesday set one-day records for increases in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the state, forcing one county to store bodies in refrigerated trucks and prompting a top health official there to call for new stay-at-home orders.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Beijing warns UK granting British citizenship to Hong Kong residents violates international law

  

  A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with China's internal affairs, China's embassy in London said on Thursday.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Chinese spy involved in visa fraud, holed up in the consulate in San Francisco, FBI claims

  

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) believes that a Chinese researcher, accused of visa fraud for hiding her affiliation with the Chinese military, has been holed up in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco for a month, according to court filings.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:10 UTC

  US orders China to shut Houston consulate; Beijing calls it a “political provocation”

  

  The move by the United States government to shut down China's consulate in Houston is an attempt to blame Beijing for American failures ahead of presidential elections in November, Chinese state media said in editorials published on Thursday.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  Twitter admits hackers read direct messages of some 36 accounts

  

  Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Luxury presidential 787 Dreamline back in Mexico, following a failed sale

  

  The luxury presidential jet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to sell returned on Wednesday to Mexico, more than a year and a half after he sent it to the United States in search of a buyer.